Swan Sangha

explore-blog: The pattern underlying [the creative act] is the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:34:15 -0400

The pattern underlying [the creative act] is the perceiving of a situation or idea, L, in two self-consistent but habitually incompatible frames of reference, M1 and M2. The event L, in which the two intersect, is made to vibrate simultaneously on two different wavelengths, as it were. While this unusual situation lasts, L is not merely linked to one associative context, but bisociated with two.

I have coined the term ‘bisociation’ in order to make a distinction between the routine skills of thinking on a single ‘plane,’ as it were, and the creative act, which … always operates on more than one plane. The former can be called single-minded, the latter double-minded, transitory state of unstable equilibrium where the balance of both emotion and thought is disturbed.

Arthur Koestler’s seminal theory of “bisociation” explaining how creativity in humor, art, and science works.

valentineuhovski: Clifford Coffin for Vogue, (1949).

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:40:39 -0400

valentineuhovski:

Clifford Coffin for Vogue, (1949).

explore-blog: The first Japanese printed map to depict the...

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:39:31 -0400

explore-blog:

The first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America, from a Buddhist cosmographical perspective, 1710. Also see Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art.

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Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:38:10 -0400

cavetocanvas: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Doctor Francisco...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:55:30 -0400

cavetocanvas:

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Doctor Francisco Rodríguez de Sandoval, 1906

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Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:54:56 -0400

leastofthese: Foliage covered green roof in Kirkjubøur, a photo...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:48:24 -0400

leastofthese:

Foliage covered green roof in Kirkjubøur, a photo from Faroe Islands. More

sqrm: Tim Sloan of Levitate Architects came up with this...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:47:44 -0400

sqrm:

Tim Sloan of Levitate Architects came up with this innovative solution to a storage problem and desire for an in-house library, ’We created a ‘secret’ staircase, hidden from the main reception room, to access a new loft bedroom lit by roof lights.

One day i will have one of these.

on-women: André Derain - La Femme et le Pantin, vers 1930

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:10:04 -0400

on-women:

André Derain - La Femme et le Pantin, vers 1930

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Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:39:05 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia: Lizzie Gill. http://www.lizziegill.com/

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:30:43 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Lizzie Gill.

http://www.lizziegill.com/

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Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:29:41 -0400

bookshelfporn: Library at the Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Museum by...

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:29:20 -0400

bookshelfporn:

Library at the Shiba Ryōtarō Memorial Museum by Tadao Ando.

(via teachingliteracy + bookmania)

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darksilenceinsuburbia: Fabio Coruzzi. Nearby Olympics.

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:28:50 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Fabio Coruzzi. Nearby Olympics.

darksilenceinsuburbia: Tracy Boyd. Blindness.

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:26:59 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Tracy Boyd. Blindness.

tiefighters: Twin Sunsets Created by Danny Haas Prints...

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:24:59 -0400

tiefighters:

Twin Sunsets

Created by Danny Haas

Prints available at society6

theawkwardgamer: Searching for his Pac Art Print by Stephanie...

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:22:20 -0400

theawkwardgamer:

Searching for his Pac Art Print by Stephanie Michelle

(Society6)

“Uhura” comes from the Swahili word UHURU meaning “freedom”....

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:05:14 -0400

“Uhura” comes from the Swahili word UHURU meaning “freedom”. Uhura was pretty much the first ever black main character on American television who was not a maid or a domestic servant in 1966. TV network NBC refused to let Nichelle Nichols be a regular, claiming Deep South affiliates would be angered, so Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hired her as a “day worker,” but still included her in almost every episode. She actually made more money than any of the other actors through this workaround, and it was kept secret from the other actors, but it was still a humiliating second-class status. The network people made life hard for Nichols, constantly trying to pare down her screen time, purposefully dropping racist comments in her presence and even withholding her fan mail from her.This deplorable state of affairs led Nichols to make the decision to quit after the 1st season, but then she happened to meet the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. who pleaded with her to stick with the show because as a Black woman she was portraying the first non-stereotypical role on television.

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Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:21:29 -0400

Gary Panter is a great speaker (and artist)

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:22:14 -0400

Gary Panter is a great speaker (and artist)